The Thirteen Gun Salute: Master and Commander #13

O'Brian, Patrick (Author)

ISBN 10: 039330907X / ISBN 13: 9780393309072

Published by W.W. Norton and Company, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Thirteen Gun Salute: Master and Commander #13
• Publisher: W.W. Norton and Company
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039330907X
• ISBN 13: 9780393309072
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Used Book

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Synopsis

"In length the series is unique; in quality―and there is not a weak link in the chain―it cannot but be ranked with the best of twentieth century historical novels." ―Independent

Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque. Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin―his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent―on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk.

The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.

About the Author

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.